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On Tuesday, security research firm Checkpoint announced that its team had discovered a new vulnerability in numerous media players that allows a hacker to take full control of any device when a malicious subtitle file is...

This Tesla coil goes to 11.

If the Mirai botnet taught us anything, it's that no device connected to the internet is safe from hacking. In that incident, malware hijacked thousands of devices, including DVRs, modems and security cameras. But as the...

By turning the clocks back to World War 1, DICE has created arguably one of the best games in the Battlefield series. Now, with Battlefield 1's latest DLC, the developer is using our tragic past to drag its franchise kic...

As they say, sharing is caring. But when you’re running a family, sharing is really the only way to stay sane and keep on top of things. In this highly digital and mobile age, family members amass tons of information a...

Blockchains used to be exclusively associated with bitcoins until other industries saw how useful the digital distributed ledger can be. Walmart used it to identify expired food that needed to be pulled from its shelves,...

Earlier this year, Mark Zuckerberg and company announced the Facebook Journalism Project -- an initiative to repair the social network's reputation with journalists and help fight the spread of fake news. The project alr...

The dirty secret about drones is that they generally take some practice to fly well. We’re not talking “sit in front of the TV and master the latest console game” practice, either: you need a big open space, no tre...

The first major photo shoot for Star Wars The Last Jedi brought with it a question of nature of one alien in particular – this horse-faced fellow you see before you. “Many Bothans died to bring us this information,�...

Prepare to feel vindicated, mushroom-lovers. A new survey has found that mushrooms containing psilocybin are the safest of all recreational drugs, topping other popular favorites including tobacco and alcohol. The inform...

When original Star Trek: Discovery showrunner Bryan Fuller and executive producer Heather Kadin were developing the series, they were both adamant about making sure that the show stayed true to Star Trek creator Gene Rod...

Nintendo has reason to celebrate today, as the success of the Switch has sent its stock price up over the peak it reached during the initial Pokemon GO craze. Nintendo’s share price rose to ¥31,880, which represents y...

Fashion and tech are teaming up yet again. Engineers at MIT have designed a workout suit that responds to your body heat, according to a study published last week in Science Advances. The clothing, made from latex, is co...

Microsoft’s big Surface Pro announcement this week saw the long-anticipated update of its tablet, but you’d be forgiven for missing the whole thing. The decision to hold the event in China meant that you’d have nee...

While NASA's plans to put humans on Mars have suffered recent setbacks, its unmanned robotic programs are achieving milestones on a daily basis. Earlier this year, NASA announced that it had approved a mission, Psyche, t...

As companies like 23andMe and Ancestry.com help make genetic testing commonplace, you would think that we would become better at ensuring protections for the privacy of that data. Instead, multiple Congressional actions ...

Verizon has introduced SmartHub, a new 4G LTE router designed for your smart home devices. This hub taps the carrier’s own network, of course, to offer high-speed Internet access for a variety of WiFi products, includi...

Twitter launched its very first streaming app on Apple TV last year with the promise of Thursday Night Football and live sports. Now it's expanding its television repertoire with even more live content: 360-degree videos...

The next Pokemon GO event update will come at or around Memorial Day – be it official or unofficial. When considering your plans for the Pokemon GO Memorial Day Event, it’s important to keep in mind that Niantic’s ...

The best part about science fiction, besides the explosions, space explorations and psychotic aliens is the fact that it reveals our most human fears. While they're not flesh and bone, robots are arguably most emblematic...

If there's one thing on Earth we don't know enough about, it's the ocean. We've only mapped around five percent of the seafloor, and two-thirds of the ocean's animal species might remain undiscovered. It shouldn't be a s...

Be careful before you fire up media player software to play that foreign-language movie -- it might be a way for intruders to compromise your system. Check Point researchers have discovered an exploit that uses malicious...